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Post #1435850

Author
Burbin
Parent topic
The Clone Wars: Refocused [COMPLETE] + Subtitles for season one!
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Date created
15-Jun-2021, 6:53 PM

Congrats on finishing season 3! I started watching the first few episodes but I think I’ll wait for the season 1 polish/reordering before I continue and make any comments. I also checked out S03E00 - Tales from the Clone Wars out of curiosity. I’m a huge fan of the Tartakovsky series and I really loved S01E00, however I felt a bit mixed with S03E00. I found the tween animation of Forces of Destiny very jarring when mixed with the beautiful frame-by-frame animation of the Tartakovsky series, there’s also a clash in tone from FoD being more light and kiddy, to CW being more intense and action-heavy. For example, cuting from Mace taking down legions of super battle droids to Padmé and Ahsoka taking a casual piloting lesson has a bit of a tonal whiplash.

I wonder if these issues could be mitigated by sticking the FoD segments together to create a single “Tale from the Clone Wars” that is closer in lenght to the Dantooine and Illum segments. It would begin with Ahsoka training with Anakin, then imply later that day she meets Padmé for security duties. Then the following day all three depart on a mission together, ending with that nice Ahsoka/Padmé interaction. I think these three stories have a nice natural progression and would flow together well.

Also I think Kit Fisto on Mon Cala makes for a better opening, it’s a quick and simple battle that sets the stage for shorter stories, and it begins with a bit of narration that the other segments lack. With these changes the episode could be ordered like this:

  • Jedi Master Kit Fisto leads the battle on Mon Cala
  • Ahsoka recieves training form her Master and Yoda, and meets/bonds with Padmé
  • Jedi Master Mace Windu leads the battle on Dantooine
  • Barris recieves training from her Master, and Yoda and Padmé appear again.

Then finally you bring things back to Ahsoka and end with the ceremony. The only thing that would be left out is the segment where Ahsoka and Padmé are flying around in space, which honestly I think is pretty weak and random, and I think the other FoD segments are stronger if they’re the ones where we see them bonding for the first time. Ahsoka telling Anakin “I like her” in “Unexpected Company” lands better if they’re not previously shown taking space strolls together.